Cadillac Records
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I'm Willie Dixon. |
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And I'm making this here audio recording |
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so that when you visit |
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you know the history. |
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Now, the first time a gal took off her |
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it was on account of |
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Now, when the white girls started doing it, |
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Took a whole lot of people to make |
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Yes, sir. This story ain't just about me. |
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It all started with two men. |
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One a white boy from Chicago. |
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Len, when are we getting married? |
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A witness for my Lord |
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The other a sharecropper |
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Say, who was a witness? |
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The year was 1941. |
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Say, Daniel was a witness |
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When are we getting married? |
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I don't have the money. |
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I told you I'd be fine without it. |
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Well, I wouldn't. |
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You don't know what it did to my father. |
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I can't watch you go hungry. |
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Da. |
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Oh, how you doing, Mr. Feder? |
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Hi, Dad. |
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I want to marry her. |
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Mr. Feder, I don't know if I told you, |
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but I've been making plans to get out of |
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I'm gonna open a club here. |
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In the Negro neighborhood? |
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Yeah. It's gonna be for Negroes. |
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You're taking Shelly to Negro clubs? |
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No, of course not. |
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No, I'm just... |
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I'd like you to know that |
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So, you are serious |
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Yeah. |
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I mean, when I can afford it. |
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Your father and I, we come from |
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I didn't travel all this way |
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to have my daughter marry some schmuck |
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What did you say? |
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- What did you say? |
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Leonard. |
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Don't worry where I'm from. |
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My wife's gonna drive a Cadillac. |
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Now, who is this here? |
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Go on, get in the house now. |
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McKinley Morganfield? |
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Yes, sir? |
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I'm Alan Lomax, |
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and this is Mr. John Work |
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- How you doing? |
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I'm recording folk music |
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Folk music? |
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Could you move into the mike |
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Play that thing, man. |
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That's what I sound like, huh? |
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Yes, sir, that's what you sound like. |
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Feel like I'm meeting myself |
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And he was. And he knew |
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too big for that slave |
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and too big for that plantation. |
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Now, the acoustic guitar |
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because there's nothing but miles of |
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But in the city, with all |
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you couldn't get yourself heard. |
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Hey, boy, ain't nobody want to hear |
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Take that shit back down there |
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Hey. |
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You're disturbing the peace! |
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Why you want to cut me for, girl? |
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You have been giving that same smile |
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You must have three addresses |
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Addresses? |
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No. |
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- You're trouble. You know that? |
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How about you? |
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You got to go, before my mama brings |
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- Maybe those boys need a daddy. |
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I'm not good enough for you? |
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I don't talk as good as you |
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When I heard you start playing that music |
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it took me someplace so good, Muddy. |
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So good. |
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Here you go, baby. |
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Are you the owner of this club? |
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Yes, I am. |
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Isabella Allen. I make race records. |
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Len Chess. How you doing? Wow. |
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This is a beauty. |
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It's incredible. |
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You can buy a car like this |
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If you find the right singer. |
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Hey, I'd love to know |
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A record producer, huh? |
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There'd be something in it for you. |
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All right. |
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Sweet. That's a beautiful car. |
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You looking for girls? |
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Excuse me? No, I'm opening a club. |
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I don't mind you getting |
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but I lost two daughters to bluesmen. |
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Dangerous business you in. |
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What are you doing? |
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When Muddy met Little Walter, |
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but he was the greatest harp |
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That's it. That's all of it. |
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- Yeah, man. |
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I'll give you $1 |
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I can busk more than your dollar. |
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- I'll give you $2. |
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You fixing to chop my head off |
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Shit, you can't play better than me. |
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Let me see the guitar, man. |
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Hey, big guy, |
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You're not gonna take care of Walter? |
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Oh, I don't drink none of that. |
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Good for you, Walter. |
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Okay, thank you, ma'am. |
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Why you got a gun? |
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- In case in any good guys need shooting. |
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I is the bad guy. |
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Hush now, scaring my boys, |
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Okay, okay. |
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Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. |
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- Where in the hell you going? |
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No, no, no. No, look here. |
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"Son"? |
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You can play the shit out of that guitar, |
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but don't you ever be |
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Okay? |
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- I don't need no daddy. |
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Someone who will feed you and clothe you |
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and tell you to get |
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Well, you know what they say, now. |
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A man can't have too many mamas. |
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And you don't need this. You need soap. |
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He fit me, Geneva. |
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I heard. |
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He fit me. |
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They was a family now. |
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Little Walter, Muddy Waters |
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called themselves |
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but everybody else knew |
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on account of how |
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Will you help me out here? |
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- Get your own gig, motherfucker! |
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- Get out of the way, Mud. |
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This is between me and this motherfucker. |
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- Son... |
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I know you did. But we family now. |
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Then what the fuck you doing, Mud? |
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Give me that pistol. |
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I ain't trying to boss you. |
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We'll burn Chicago down if you don't |
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- You think I never used this before? |
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Then you know I'll shoot |
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But you ain't got to use it tonight. |
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I'll put the bullet in him my damn self. |
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You a crazy motherfucker, Mud. |
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Run, motherfucker! Run! |
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You can get out of here, too. |
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I'll talk this peckerwood |
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Oh, okay. |
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Sorry about that, chief. |
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Sorry about the damage, boss. |
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Yeah, you fucked up my place. You... |
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Yes, sir. It's a damn shame, boss. |
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Just get out. |
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Here. There you go. |
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Appreciate it. |
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Fucked up my shit. |
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Ain't never see them pitchers? |
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When you get that ball, |
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You gonna throw that thing |
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Been looking all over for you. |
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We're just here working, sir. |
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I thought we was all right, boss. |
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Stop talking to me |
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What the fuck you want then? |
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I want to put you on a record. |
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- A record? |
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You're kidding. |
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No, sir, boss. |
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Let me get this straight now. |
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We shoot up half your whole joint, |
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Yeah, that's right. |
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I hear good things about you. |
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- When do you want to do this? |
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- But I got to get my band. |
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Not the crazy harp-playing motherfucker, |
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You want to do this? |
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- Yeah. |
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Well, I'm going away to leave |
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Going back down south, child... |
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Now, Leonard Chess didn't |
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It was the color of them |
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Just get you enough |
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and then you ain't |
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And you ain't no |
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You're just a man with a Cadillac. |
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It's so beautiful! |
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- Do we have enough? |
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This is America. The word is "more. " |
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I like the way your husband thinks. |
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You must be Muddy. |
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I'm Revetta. I love your record. |
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Thank you. Pleasure to meet you. |
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I packed for a week. Will that be enough? |
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Yeah, that ought to be good. |
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I think she's asking, |
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Come here. Hey. |
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Close your eyes. |
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A little friend to keep you company |
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There you go. |
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- Can we afford this? |
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Thank you. |
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I tell you, that's a whole lot of ocean. |
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Take a hell of a lot |
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How come you didn't stay your ass |
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How come you didn't stay your ass |
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Len knew the only way |
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And that meant taking |
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- Thank you very much. |
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I got a hell of a mortgage. |
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Shit. |
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Yeah, I got one of those. |
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I tell you what. |
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It pays off everybody's. |
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Leonard... |
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If people buy Muddy's record, |
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Then I'm into you every month. |
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Yeah, but I got to be fair, you know. |
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I know you got to be fair. |
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The motherfuckers bring in the |
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But you got to ask yourself, |
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do they really stand up |
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I don't bribe deejays. |
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I do. |
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You realize he doesn't care |
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It's just about the money with him. |
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Everybody, this is the newest race |
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You're on your own. |
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Now, in the South, whites and coloreds |
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unless the colored |
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Fuck Mississippi police. |
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You got to bless them. |
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- All right, easy. Thank you. |
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- It's very good. |
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Well, hello. |
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- We heard you on the radio. |
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No, he don't bite. And I don't either. |
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Play it, Daddy. |
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Yeah. |
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Don't rush it. |
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Don't step on it now. |
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Go on, now. |
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You've got such hair. |
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Play that for me, Daddy. |
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I lied to you, girl. |
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Yeah, I like that. |
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- Where you going? Don't leave us alone. |
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I'm married. |
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Yeah, and they ain't redhead. |
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That's bullshit. |
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Yeah, that's right. Come on, Daddy. |
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Preacher lay his Bible down. |
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We're coming straight to you |
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with Muddy Waters and his hit record. |
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That's right. Sunshine, how you doing? |
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I want to say a big hello, if I can, |
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They got a whole mess of bluesmen |
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When I was out there I used to sing... |
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Time don't get no better |
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Up the road I'm going |
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So, you know, |
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giving Muddy Water a chance to shine. |
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Does that mean you're staying |
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Because I know some labels down here |
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Well, they can try all they want to, |
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We're gonna play a little something |
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Lay it on me. |
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It was kind, what you said on the radio. |
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You know, starting a business together, |
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Appreciate that. |
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Yeah, well, how come, then, |
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That's what people do in business. |
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You know, you got a |
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Amazing. It even put three women |
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Yeah, but you married. |
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I like another kind of broad. |
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What's that gonna bother me for? |
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I'm just saying, it doesn't make me |
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I'm not that. |
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Who is you? |
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Sign the contract and find out. |
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You got a pen there? |
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All right. |
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This is the newest race music |
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And I want you to remember this name. |
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Muddy Waters. |
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The last time I signed something |
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Well, that's what this is. |
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Till death do us part. |
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By the way, the car's yours. |
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- What do you mean? |
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Muddy! Listen! |
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Now playing Muddy Waters' |
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It's you! |
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- Come on in here. |
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- Come on in, Mama. |
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On a Sunday night, |
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when no one happened |
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the Macomba mysteriously |
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Hi, Daddy. |
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He put the insurance money |
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Hi. |
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Hi, baby. Hi, there. How you doing? |
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Look. It's coming along, huh? |
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- We're late on our mortgage again, Len. |
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- It's gonna have to wait. |
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- Yeah. And we're gonna win big. |
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I won't let you down, babe. |
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I won't let you down. |
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- Dave, show her the... Spin the thing. |
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You see this? |
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Chess Records was the best studio |
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Had a sound nobody could touch. |
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Tie me up. Come on. |
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- Did everybody see? |
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Little Walter getting electrified! |
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He's amplifying a fucking harmonica. |
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Wait, Chess. Let him try it. |
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- All right. Go ahead. |
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Forty days and forty nights |
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Since my baby left this town |
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He's blowing all over Muddy's vocals. |
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No, hold on. |
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But the rain keep coming down |
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She my life, I need her so |
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Why she left I just don't know |
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Let it ride. |
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You can't record a record |
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Yeah, we can. |
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Forty days... |
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Okay. |
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and forty nights |
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Since I set right down and cried |
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Keep raining all the time |
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But the river running dry |
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Lord help me, it just ain't right |
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I love that girl |
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It works. |
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Now that's a record. |
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- You like that? |
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Walter got a record. Let's lay it down. |
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- Oh, yeah? |
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Why don't you and Jimmy back him up? |
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You caught me on a good day. |
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Take one. |
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Boss, this your new shit? |
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Yeah. You like it, huh? |
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- Go park it, motherfucker. |
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Park it at your house. |
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Oh, Jenny, you see this shit? |
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- You my white daddy? |
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Man, oh, man. Oh, boy. |
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Feel like I died and gone to heaven. |
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Walter, this is Willie Dixon. |
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- How you doing? |
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- Wrote a killer song for you. |
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I know how the girls love you so much. |
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My Babe? This is my |
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Hey, Len, I wrote a song for Muddy, too. |
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Oh, yeah? Muddy don't need no help. |
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Oh, man. |
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but, I mean, |
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Muddy Waters needs something |
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Well, we'll see what you got. |
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Here's your riff right there. |
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Ain't nothing to that. |
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Gypsy woman told my mother |
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Before I was born |
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You got you a boy child coming... |
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Now Muddy was Muddy |
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I just took his persona |
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and put it in words |
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I mean, it was simple. He was |
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and every woman wanted to love. |
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And Muddy, |
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well, he just kept |
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Everybody knows I'm him |
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Well, you know I'm the |
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Everybody knows I'm him |
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I got a black cat bone |
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I got a mojo, too |
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I got the Johnny conkeroo |
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I'm gonna mess with you |
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I'm gonna make you girls |
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Lead me by my hand |
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Then the world will know... |
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People started realizing |
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and sing your ass off, |
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And that was a strong feeling |
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How you doing, darling? |
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On the seventh hour |
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On the seventh day |
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On the seventh month |
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Seven doctors say |
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He was born for good luck |
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That you'll see |
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I got seven hundred dollar |
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Don't you mess with me |
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I'm about to lay this down right |
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You're messing up my groove, boss. |
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Who dead? |
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Your mother. |
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Your family called a deejay |
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They've been trying to find you. |
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Maybe you need to take a little time off. |
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What am I supposed to do with that, boss? |
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Go home and bury your mother. |
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Walter. |
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Y'all ready? |
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Shit. |
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I was in my groove, man. |
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Go home. Nobody's expecting you |
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I'm expecting it. |
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You know how many harp players out there |
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Not time to be wasting on this woman. |
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That ain't "that woman. " |
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What the hell I know about mamas? |
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She let my daddy give me away |
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Well, she did the best |
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That's why this here be my mama. |
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This here, right here. |
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You know, Walter. |
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You and me not gonna wake up |
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Mostly we got to take what come. |
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And half the time, |
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Yeah. I just got to |
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Go on and have you a taste. |
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I don't need that. |
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- Go on, boy. |
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Cool you out. |
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Just a taste, huh? |
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Fuck it. |
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My baby don't stand |
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Oh, yeah, she don't stand |
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Oh, yeah, |
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She don't stand none |
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I can't record this |
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Don't worry about it. |
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We're playing Little |
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Number one on the |
00:34:42 |
Little Walter was making |
00:34:45 |
Every club on the chitlin circuit |
00:34:47 |
wanted that sharp, |
00:34:52 |
Now, ain't that sure enough |
00:34:56 |
- What is that? |
00:34:59 |
driving around in that broken-down, |
00:35:05 |
- Let me out. |
00:35:08 |
What is he doing now? |
00:35:11 |
"Little Walter and the motherfucking Jukes," |
00:35:14 |
Say, now, which one of you motherfuckers |
00:35:18 |
I am, fool. |
00:35:21 |
Okay. |
00:35:25 |
Bring your ass over here! |
00:35:34 |
Motherfucker taking |
00:35:35 |
So what? He's stealing your gigs. |
00:35:38 |
He's stealing my name. |
00:35:40 |
Shit. |
00:35:41 |
My baby don't stand no cheating, |
00:35:47 |
Oh, no, she don't stand no cheating |
00:35:53 |
Oh, no, she don't stand no cheating |
00:35:56 |
Everything she do she do so pleasing |
00:36:00 |
My baby... |
00:36:01 |
It was 1955 and we was hooked. |
00:36:05 |
On the music, on the cars, |
00:36:10 |
Oh, Lord, we had hot hands! |
00:36:13 |
...she don't stand no fooling, my babe |
00:36:18 |
Oh, yeah, she don't stand no fooling |
00:36:21 |
When she's hot, there ain't no cooling |
00:36:24 |
My babe, true little baby, my babe |
00:36:28 |
- True little baby |
00:36:31 |
- True little baby |
00:36:35 |
- True little baby |
00:36:38 |
- True little baby |
00:36:40 |
- True little baby |
00:36:43 |
- True little baby |
00:36:47 |
True little baby |
00:36:49 |
True little baby |
00:36:53 |
True little baby |
00:36:56 |
True little baby |
00:36:57 |
Hey, Mud. I want you to meet Wolf. |
00:37:01 |
Yeah, I hear we're from the same place. |
00:37:06 |
Is that right? |
00:37:08 |
Yeah, Wolf just signed with us. |
00:37:10 |
Yeah. Welcome to Cadillac Records. |
00:37:12 |
You stay around long enough, |
00:37:16 |
Well, this old truck, |
00:37:19 |
I own it. |
00:37:21 |
It don't own me. |
00:37:26 |
Listen, I want to offer |
00:37:29 |
I don't borrow against the store. |
00:37:32 |
You just pay me what you owe me. |
00:37:34 |
That's fair enough. |
00:37:37 |
Nice meeting y'all. |
00:37:39 |
Take care of yourself, baby. |
00:37:52 |
"It don't own me. " |
00:37:53 |
Motherfucker thinks |
00:37:56 |
He can sing, though. |
00:37:57 |
He gonna have to, because he |
00:38:00 |
Any royalties come in |
00:38:04 |
I already gave that to you. |
00:38:07 |
How you figure? |
00:38:09 |
The Cadillac ain't free, Mud. |
00:38:15 |
Right. |
00:38:16 |
You need money? |
00:38:20 |
Well, Geneva want a house. |
00:38:26 |
I'll take care of it. |
00:38:29 |
All right. |
00:38:33 |
All you pretty women |
00:38:36 |
Stand in line |
00:38:38 |
I can make love to you, baby |
00:38:41 |
In an hour's time |
00:38:44 |
Ain't that amazing? |
00:39:06 |
Where that baby come from? |
00:39:10 |
A woman came by today. |
00:39:13 |
She said she's yours. |
00:39:16 |
She said she couldn't take care |
00:39:19 |
That's my baby? |
00:40:06 |
She's gonna need milk. |
00:40:17 |
I'll go on and get the milk. |
00:40:23 |
I'm a man |
00:40:26 |
I spell M... |
00:40:38 |
This here be a real nice home |
00:40:42 |
Thank you, Walter. |
00:40:46 |
That's why Muddy can go out there |
00:40:48 |
He's got big dreams. |
00:40:50 |
Here, let me help you. |
00:40:54 |
- There, go ahead... |
00:40:57 |
You ain't got no dreams, girl? |
00:41:00 |
Somebody's got to have their feet |
00:41:02 |
That's you, huh? That's you? |
00:41:05 |
Well, I say you take them off the ground. |
00:41:10 |
Taking care of all these kids. |
00:41:12 |
You know, you gone |
00:41:14 |
Now, come here, now. Stop for a minute. |
00:41:17 |
Stop for a minute, now. Come here. |
00:41:19 |
Come on. Come on. |
00:41:21 |
Have a seat. Come on. |
00:41:22 |
Kick your feet up now. |
00:41:29 |
It's nice, right? |
00:41:37 |
Who be taking care of you? |
00:41:39 |
I see you running around here |
00:41:46 |
Who take care of Geneva? |
00:41:53 |
- Walter. |
00:41:56 |
- I'm Muddy's woman. |
00:41:59 |
He can spare one, huh? |
00:42:04 |
I'm sorry. I know. |
00:42:06 |
I know I'm a motherfucker. I know. |
00:42:09 |
You got no idea. I can't help myself. |
00:42:12 |
I just want to see you happy, Geneva. |
00:42:16 |
Let me make you happy, baby. |
00:42:23 |
I love him. |
00:42:28 |
You have no idea |
00:42:31 |
how good that man has been to me. |
00:42:41 |
I'm half a woman, Walter. |
00:42:47 |
I can't have any more babies. |
00:42:52 |
I can't give Muddy any |
00:42:57 |
- Don't cry, baby. Don't cry. |
00:43:02 |
Don't ever talk to me |
00:43:06 |
Ever. |
00:43:08 |
Okay. |
00:43:11 |
Hey, Geneva. |
00:43:13 |
Hey, baby. |
00:43:16 |
You must be hungry. |
00:43:25 |
Yeah. |
00:43:52 |
What, you ain't hungry? |
00:44:00 |
He ain't hungry. |
00:44:02 |
You ain't hungry? |
00:44:07 |
You ain't eat nothing. |
00:44:13 |
- Son? |
00:44:18 |
You ain't hungry? Son? |
00:44:21 |
- Muddy, he's just a kid! |
00:44:25 |
I'll put a motherfucking |
00:44:27 |
Now, you better go on somewhere |
00:45:01 |
Oh, smokestack lightning |
00:45:06 |
Shining... |
00:45:07 |
Cut. |
00:45:10 |
You on the guitar, |
00:45:12 |
Hubert, sir. |
00:45:13 |
"Hubert"? |
00:45:15 |
Walter, behave yourself. |
00:45:17 |
- Motherfucker's name is Hubert. |
00:45:19 |
Who do you think you are, |
00:45:22 |
Yeah, lower the amp, not the guitar. |
00:45:24 |
Get it right, Hubert. |
00:45:26 |
Don't talk to him no more. |
00:45:31 |
I'm the band leader. |
00:45:34 |
Reckon you ain't never |
00:45:38 |
You want something done, you ask me. |
00:45:44 |
Is that right? |
00:45:47 |
That's right. |
00:45:48 |
Only thing you can do. That's a |
00:45:53 |
Get it right. |
00:45:56 |
- All right, big man. |
00:45:58 |
Okay, then. |
00:45:59 |
Take two. |
00:46:02 |
Hey, baby. |
00:46:05 |
Why don't you stay for a while? |
00:46:07 |
Better get your girl out of the ring. |
00:46:19 |
Oh, smokestack lightning |
00:46:23 |
No, that's all right. |
00:46:27 |
But she come with this. |
00:46:29 |
- He can't hear you, Mud. |
00:46:47 |
Hey, Jimmy, come here. |
00:46:50 |
I want you to tell Hubert we'll pay |
00:46:54 |
If he's such a band leader, |
00:46:56 |
we'll see if he's band leader enough |
00:47:01 |
He was the big, bad wolf. |
00:47:05 |
Now, the story is he got his name |
00:47:08 |
who came out the cemetery |
00:47:12 |
And he been howling |
00:47:15 |
Oh, stop your train |
00:47:20 |
Let a poor boy ride |
00:47:23 |
Whoa, don't you hear me crying? |
00:47:34 |
- You all right? |
00:47:39 |
- You all right? |
00:47:40 |
- I don't want to miss this game, now. |
00:47:43 |
I love this house. |
00:47:45 |
- You got it. |
00:47:49 |
Y'all can't come in here. |
00:47:52 |
I'm Chuck Berry. |
00:47:53 |
Chuck Berry's a |
00:47:58 |
Is he? |
00:48:01 |
You know who else he is? He's me. |
00:48:14 |
Says he's Chuck Berry. |
00:48:19 |
Let me see some ID. |
00:48:23 |
All right, then. |
00:48:25 |
ID. |
00:48:29 |
This license says you're Indian. |
00:48:34 |
- What the hell are you? |
00:48:36 |
And my name is Chuck Berry. |
00:48:38 |
And I can be whatever you need me to be |
00:48:41 |
to play in your fine establishment |
00:48:45 |
You part con man, too? |
00:48:47 |
No. |
00:48:49 |
You may sing country. |
00:48:51 |
You ain't doing it here. |
00:48:57 |
- Get on, now. |
00:49:06 |
ID. |
00:49:18 |
What happened to your doors? |
00:49:20 |
It was hot, so I took them off. |
00:49:23 |
It's all right. Come on, baby. |
00:49:26 |
- Come on, girl. |
00:49:29 |
Let me see your license. |
00:49:33 |
Okay. Okay. |
00:49:36 |
I'm about to go wax this record, okay? |
00:49:38 |
Get your ass back over here, nigger. |
00:49:48 |
Now, you looking at my license, huh? |
00:49:50 |
You guys know that "nigger" ain't |
00:49:55 |
Oh, pardon. I'm sorry. |
00:49:59 |
These motherfuckers can't read. |
00:50:02 |
Okay. Let me help you out. |
00:50:07 |
Come on. |
00:50:08 |
"Walter. " |
00:50:10 |
Mud! The cops got Walter! |
00:50:12 |
- Hey, take it easy! |
00:50:15 |
Come on. He works here. |
00:50:16 |
- He works here. Take it easy. |
00:50:18 |
- You feel like a nigger yet? |
00:50:22 |
- Look. Please. |
00:50:24 |
Do you see that? |
00:50:28 |
- Motherfucker! |
00:50:32 |
You're gonna need a new car, nigger. |
00:50:36 |
That's what I've been |
00:50:38 |
Shut up, shut up. Would you stop? |
00:50:41 |
God damn it. |
00:50:43 |
What's the matter with you? |
00:50:47 |
- Are you all right, man? |
00:50:49 |
I had no business being |
00:50:57 |
It looks like I need a new car, Len. |
00:50:59 |
I gave you a new car. |
00:51:02 |
It's not my problem! |
00:51:03 |
I gave you a number-one record, Len. |
00:51:06 |
I gave you a chance to make |
00:51:08 |
Oh, you gave the little nigger |
00:51:10 |
Little nigger don't need no chance! |
00:51:14 |
I can play, motherfucker! |
00:51:16 |
I'm fucking king on this shit! |
00:51:18 |
You think I'm gonna shoot you? |
00:51:20 |
- Get some rest. |
00:51:24 |
Enough! What you need to do |
00:51:28 |
Let me tell you, |
00:51:31 |
What you gonna do, Mud? |
00:51:34 |
You gonna choke me now? On the street? |
00:51:38 |
Get off me. |
00:51:42 |
You know, |
00:51:45 |
that Wolf, |
00:51:48 |
the way he stood up for his sideman, |
00:51:53 |
maybe he could teach you something, Mud. |
00:52:00 |
Esther, come on! |
00:52:05 |
Find yourself another harp player. |
00:52:17 |
Well, baby, you know |
00:52:19 |
And I just can't keep from crying |
00:52:25 |
Lay it on, man. |
00:52:35 |
Hubert Sumlin, |
00:53:03 |
- What you want, miss? |
00:53:06 |
Pot! Your girl said she ain't leaving. |
00:53:09 |
I want your things out of my room |
00:53:17 |
You can't hide from the eye of God. |
00:53:21 |
He hunting heads tonight. |
00:53:37 |
Muddy, I don't think |
00:53:42 |
You steal him from me again, |
00:53:46 |
I'll kill you. |
00:53:53 |
He tell you I quit? |
00:53:54 |
He said he felt like |
00:54:00 |
Walter. |
00:54:03 |
You're family. |
00:54:06 |
You don't have to do this. |
00:54:12 |
I'm gonna miss you. |
00:54:32 |
When you lose that cat that gave you |
00:54:39 |
it hurts. |
00:54:40 |
Hurts more than losing your woman. |
00:54:56 |
It's good you brought him in. |
00:54:58 |
See what I was telling you, baby? |
00:55:00 |
He's different. |
00:55:02 |
I don't know, Len. |
00:55:05 |
Maybe we blues him up just a little bit. |
00:55:07 |
Willie. |
00:55:09 |
I don't want you to blues this up. |
00:55:12 |
I don't know what the fuck it is, |
00:55:15 |
- There you go, baby. |
00:55:35 |
Hey. Hey there, girl. |
00:55:39 |
Tell Chess |
00:55:43 |
I need a new car. |
00:55:46 |
This ain't the right color. |
00:55:53 |
You got something real special. |
00:55:55 |
Thank you, Mr. Freed. Thank you. |
00:56:01 |
Do you think you'll be able to play it? |
00:56:02 |
If I play it, I make |
00:56:07 |
The question is, how bad do you want it? |
00:56:10 |
I'm sorry. |
00:56:14 |
Well, hold on. One second. One second. |
00:56:18 |
Let me switch sides |
00:56:21 |
Chuck's a bit of a comedian. |
00:56:24 |
- Well, this is nice. |
00:56:25 |
- This is very nice. |
00:56:28 |
Now, some of you people |
00:56:31 |
I call it rock and roll, and it's |
00:56:35 |
white or colored. |
00:56:38 |
- Did he just say what I think he said? |
00:56:41 |
He just integrated the airwaves. |
00:56:43 |
- Here we are. |
00:56:47 |
- Oh, God. |
00:56:50 |
You got it, baby. |
00:57:08 |
Riding along in my automobile |
00:57:12 |
I was anxious to tell |
00:57:15 |
So I told her softly and sincere |
00:57:18 |
Chuck was playing in |
00:57:23 |
But there was just a thin rope |
00:57:29 |
And a whole lot of history. |
00:57:41 |
And that's all it took |
00:57:44 |
one man duck-walking across stage. |
00:57:47 |
Shit. |
00:57:50 |
Please keep the aisles clear. |
00:57:54 |
Get back over here. |
00:57:55 |
Keep the aisles clear. |
00:58:15 |
Why don't you play like that, Daddy? |
00:58:17 |
- Ain't nothing but the blues sped up. |
00:58:22 |
Look at that car! |
00:58:27 |
Len Chess got two hot cars. |
00:58:30 |
Hey, Muddy. Hey, Charles. |
00:58:32 |
We're on American Bandstand. |
00:58:35 |
- There's the man. Been a long time. |
00:58:38 |
- Hey, is this the boy? |
00:58:41 |
That's your car outside? |
00:58:42 |
The cherry-red one out there? |
00:58:44 |
It's the most beautiful |
00:58:46 |
Ain't it? Good taste. |
00:58:49 |
- Sit down, Charles. Have a seat. |
00:58:52 |
Charles, Charlie, Chuck. |
00:58:55 |
Mortgage payment |
00:58:59 |
And I ain't booking the clubs enough. |
00:59:04 |
Len, I was talking to the accountant, |
00:59:08 |
and he been telling me |
00:59:10 |
Len, Mud, it's coming. |
00:59:12 |
Yeah. In a minute. |
00:59:13 |
What's going on? |
00:59:21 |
Records ain't selling. |
00:59:23 |
Is that how come you got |
00:59:28 |
He bought me that Cadillac. |
00:59:31 |
Me, you and every other motherfucker |
00:59:34 |
cashes a Chess Records check |
00:59:38 |
And that ain't good. |
00:59:40 |
Thank you. |
00:59:41 |
In my book, you're still number one. |
00:59:45 |
You, too, baby. |
00:59:47 |
Hey, Dad, you got to see this. |
01:00:02 |
They were locking up fine black |
01:00:07 |
stringing up our little bitty boys |
01:00:12 |
Not paying any mind |
01:00:16 |
who was reaping up their firstborn |
01:00:29 |
$3,000 in his pocket |
01:00:35 |
But he'd do that before he'd give |
01:00:39 |
Chuck'd rather |
01:00:41 |
than to give his money |
01:00:51 |
The man saved $100,000 |
01:00:55 |
Now, he didn't drink, |
01:00:58 |
He only had one particular vice. |
01:01:01 |
- Good evening, ladies. |
01:01:05 |
Well, what "him" are you looking for? |
01:01:08 |
You know. |
01:01:11 |
How do you know I know? |
01:01:14 |
I know everything. |
01:01:15 |
Would you mind coming to teach me |
01:01:19 |
I'll teach you everything. |
01:01:27 |
Now, Chuck wasn't the only one |
01:01:30 |
Len was on a girl-hunt, too. |
01:01:33 |
Here she is. |
01:01:34 |
Glad you could make it. |
01:01:36 |
I can get you a drink... |
01:01:41 |
What, you want me to just do it |
01:01:45 |
Well, I am leaving town tomorrow. |
01:01:47 |
Yeah, baby, |
01:01:49 |
I ain't shy, fool. |
01:01:55 |
Don't be looking at me |
01:01:59 |
It's just hard to do if |
01:02:02 |
And I ain't in the mood. |
01:02:05 |
She ain't in the mood. |
01:02:11 |
Come on. |
01:02:13 |
I thought you said this broad was good. |
01:02:15 |
I heard |
01:02:19 |
Church bells ring |
01:02:24 |
I heard |
01:02:28 |
A choir singing |
01:02:33 |
I saw my love |
01:02:37 |
Walk down the aisle |
01:02:41 |
On her finger |
01:02:44 |
He placed the ring |
01:02:47 |
He was looking for a woman that could |
01:02:52 |
And he found her. |
01:02:54 |
Miss Etta James. |
01:02:57 |
- Hey, Mud. |
01:02:59 |
When do I get you back in here? |
01:03:01 |
You ain't heard? |
01:03:04 |
You're always gonna sell, baby. |
01:03:05 |
Cut. |
01:03:07 |
What's going on with |
01:03:09 |
Sweet? |
01:03:11 |
Fuck you, Leonard. What the |
01:03:15 |
I gave you a damn good track. |
01:03:18 |
Now she want me to sing it. |
01:03:21 |
Forget it. Everybody go home. |
01:03:23 |
What are you smiling about? |
01:03:26 |
My mistake. |
01:03:28 |
- I'm plenty woman. |
01:03:30 |
It's about being in love. |
01:03:33 |
- I know about love. |
01:03:34 |
Motherfucker ever walk out on you? |
01:03:38 |
Fucking not only did he walk out on you, |
01:03:41 |
You know what that feels like, baby? |
01:03:51 |
Give me another one. |
01:03:54 |
You heard her. She wants another one. |
01:03:57 |
Take 15. |
01:04:05 |
I heard |
01:04:09 |
Church bells ring |
01:04:13 |
I heard |
01:04:16 |
A choir singing |
01:04:22 |
I saw my love |
01:04:25 |
Walk down the aisle |
01:04:29 |
On her finger |
01:04:32 |
He placed a ring |
01:04:35 |
Oh, I saw them |
01:04:40 |
Holding hands |
01:04:44 |
She was standing there |
01:04:48 |
With my man |
01:04:53 |
I heard them promise |
01:04:56 |
Till death do us part |
01:05:00 |
Each word |
01:05:02 |
Was a pain in my heart |
01:05:06 |
Oh, all I could do |
01:05:11 |
All I could do was cry |
01:05:16 |
All I could do |
01:05:19 |
Was cry |
01:05:24 |
I was losing |
01:05:27 |
The man that I loved |
01:05:31 |
And all I could do |
01:05:35 |
Was cry |
01:05:38 |
And now |
01:05:42 |
The wedding is over |
01:05:47 |
The rice, rice has been thrown |
01:05:50 |
Over their heads |
01:05:55 |
For them life |
01:05:59 |
Has just begun |
01:06:02 |
But mine |
01:06:04 |
Is ending |
01:06:21 |
You play a mean game of pool. |
01:06:27 |
Listen, if I brought up bad memories, |
01:06:31 |
But it was good for the song. |
01:06:33 |
This album comes out, |
01:06:36 |
I wasn't crying over no boyfriend. |
01:06:39 |
Oh, no? |
01:06:41 |
Girlfriend? |
01:06:46 |
How'd you learn to play pool so good? |
01:06:48 |
My daddy. |
01:06:52 |
- Can I get a whiskey? |
01:06:55 |
That's good. |
01:06:58 |
Hard to find time to |
01:07:00 |
He ain't teach me shit. I taught myself. |
01:07:03 |
I don't want to embarrass him |
01:07:06 |
Tell you who's gonna be embarrassed |
01:07:08 |
Because he's gonna meet |
01:07:11 |
You know? |
01:07:14 |
And what is he? |
01:07:15 |
A nobody. Now, |
01:07:17 |
I don't want to embarrass you, |
01:07:20 |
You're batting a thousand on being wrong. |
01:07:27 |
What, Minnesota Fats is your father? |
01:07:32 |
That's the story. |
01:07:40 |
You ought to have him come by the studio. |
01:07:42 |
I ain't never even met that motherfucker. |
01:07:44 |
But when I do, |
01:07:49 |
where everybody wants my picture |
01:07:52 |
- That's the dream, huh? |
01:07:55 |
It's not a dream. |
01:07:57 |
You're gonna cross over. |
01:07:58 |
- You think? |
01:08:01 |
You gonna promise me |
01:08:05 |
Promise. |
01:08:07 |
The one that's gonna serve the white man |
01:08:14 |
Hey, come on. |
01:08:16 |
You sing the blues. |
01:08:20 |
What the fuck do you know, white boy? |
01:08:28 |
Yeah, you play that hard act real good. |
01:08:34 |
But I see you. |
01:08:40 |
I see you. |
01:08:56 |
Old Len thought his checkbook |
01:08:59 |
so he bought out the |
01:09:02 |
But there's some |
01:09:04 |
I can't help you, kid. |
01:09:07 |
Gin. Can I have a bottle of gin? |
01:09:11 |
I need a bottle of gin. |
01:09:13 |
Gin, please. Can I have a bottle of gin? |
01:09:17 |
Gin! Can I get a fucking bottle of gin? |
01:09:22 |
- Come on. Bottle of gin. |
01:09:24 |
I guess I got to be him to get some gin? |
01:09:36 |
- What'd he say to you? |
01:09:39 |
He didn't even ask if |
01:09:42 |
That's his problem. |
01:09:44 |
Here you go, sir. |
01:09:46 |
You wouldn't even begin to know |
01:09:50 |
Let me. |
01:09:58 |
My mother was a whore. |
01:10:04 |
And that fat motherfucker just looked me |
01:10:10 |
He didn't see his little girl. |
01:10:14 |
He saw the cum stains |
01:10:20 |
These chanda-fucking-liers and these |
01:10:23 |
I ain't gonna ever be |
01:10:26 |
You know they're gonna break this |
01:10:28 |
Fuck it! I'll do it for you! |
01:10:30 |
Come on, honey. Listen to me. |
01:10:34 |
You can't let that in. |
01:10:37 |
You know, Muddy, |
01:10:40 |
he sings that hurt. He don't live it. |
01:10:44 |
He don't nurse it. |
01:10:46 |
Walter, he carries it around like a baby. |
01:10:50 |
Feeds it on whiskey and smack. |
01:10:54 |
You got to let it go. |
01:11:03 |
I can't. |
01:11:26 |
Oh, no. |
01:11:28 |
No, I'm not having it. |
01:11:35 |
That's my song. |
01:11:37 |
- No, darling. |
01:11:41 |
That's my song. |
01:11:43 |
No, darling. That's the Beach Boys. |
01:11:48 |
That is Sweet Sixteen, |
01:11:52 |
Note for note. Not one change. |
01:11:54 |
Aside, apart from the lyrics, |
01:11:58 |
The new craze sweeping the nation |
01:12:03 |
I've provided them the soundtrack, |
01:12:06 |
- You ready? |
01:12:08 |
I'm very ready to make more songs |
01:12:13 |
and all other manner of white folks |
01:12:17 |
- You say the devil's name, he appears. |
01:12:19 |
Yeah, we do need to talk. You heard this? |
01:12:23 |
- Do you know what's going on? |
01:12:26 |
First, Alan Freed gets |
01:12:30 |
Chuck, listen. |
01:12:31 |
No. You listen to me. |
01:12:35 |
- One part? |
01:12:37 |
This gives him the license... |
01:12:38 |
Did you take an underage white girl |
01:12:40 |
I'm not talking about girls. |
01:12:45 |
- Don't say shit. Don't say anything. |
01:12:48 |
Mr. Berry, you are under arrest |
01:12:51 |
across state lines |
01:12:55 |
First of all, I didn't transport anyone |
01:13:00 |
Gentlemen, I'll have you know that |
01:13:04 |
- has a 13-year-old wife. |
01:13:06 |
Are we stopping by his home on the way? |
01:13:09 |
for whistling at a white woman. |
01:13:12 |
Fix this, Leonard. |
01:13:22 |
You guys got to be kidding me, man. |
01:13:26 |
You set that hair in the morning? |
01:13:28 |
You ladies shouldn't be out here |
01:13:31 |
A bunch of English boys started |
01:13:35 |
Now, it was made in America, |
01:13:37 |
but I guess nobody thought |
01:13:40 |
Hey, let me help you with that, fellow. |
01:13:43 |
Fucking hell. It's him! |
01:13:47 |
Mr. Waters. |
01:13:50 |
We're big fans. |
01:13:51 |
You're the reason we got together. |
01:13:53 |
We named our band |
01:13:56 |
- Yeah? |
01:14:00 |
All right. |
01:14:02 |
Go on in there. Fuck them police. |
01:14:04 |
Everybody knows the Rolling Stones, |
01:14:08 |
Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton. |
01:14:15 |
Skinny motherfuckers. |
01:14:18 |
The Rolling Stones |
01:14:21 |
with an old Muddy Waters standard. |
01:14:27 |
Take 10% of Chuck's royalties |
01:14:32 |
Chuck ain't gonna miss it. |
01:14:38 |
The goose that laid the golden egg |
01:14:43 |
So Len brought in the old standbys, |
01:14:47 |
Chess was desperate for a hit. |
01:14:50 |
Oh, hey, little girl, now. |
01:14:54 |
- You mind if I watch? |
01:14:56 |
- I grew up on y'all's music. |
01:14:59 |
Come over here. |
01:15:01 |
I'll teach you to blow, baby. |
01:15:04 |
Better watch it, baby girl. |
01:15:07 |
Muddy, you're a fool. |
01:15:10 |
I wouldn't mind a little bit of |
01:15:14 |
You too pretty to be flying my way, now. |
01:15:18 |
You don't need that amp. |
01:15:21 |
- How they gonna hear me? |
01:15:25 |
You want to survive, do |
01:15:28 |
Something different? What the fuck? |
01:15:30 |
What? |
01:15:33 |
Mud, what you think about this? |
01:15:36 |
What you think about this, Mud? |
01:15:40 |
I think we need to lay this record. |
01:15:49 |
What, I'm just a sideman now? |
01:15:56 |
Okay, I'll do it, Len. I'll do it. |
01:15:59 |
I'm broke as the rest of you |
01:16:04 |
I'm gonna need a bottle of gin, though. |
01:16:07 |
I'm gonna need a bottle of gin, baby. |
01:16:09 |
Because I like a taste |
01:16:13 |
Somebody taking care of Walter? |
01:16:16 |
That's right. Take care of me, baby. |
01:16:46 |
At last |
01:16:53 |
My love has come along |
01:17:01 |
My lonely days are over |
01:17:09 |
And life is like a song |
01:17:16 |
Oh, yeah |
01:17:20 |
At last |
01:17:25 |
The skies above are blue |
01:17:34 |
My heart was wrapped up in clover |
01:17:42 |
The night I looked at you |
01:17:52 |
I found a dream |
01:17:57 |
That I could speak to |
01:18:01 |
A dream that I |
01:18:05 |
Can call my own |
01:18:09 |
I found a thrill |
01:18:13 |
To press my cheek to |
01:18:18 |
A thrill that I |
01:18:21 |
Have never known |
01:18:24 |
Oh, yeah |
01:18:26 |
When you smiled |
01:18:29 |
You smiled |
01:18:32 |
Oh, and then the spell was cast |
01:18:41 |
And here we are in heaven |
01:18:49 |
For you are mine |
01:18:55 |
At last |
01:19:00 |
- Thanks, baby. |
01:19:03 |
- Happy anniversary, Revetta. |
01:19:06 |
- Where you taking her, Peppers? |
01:19:09 |
WVJN just called. |
01:19:14 |
God damn, it's the third time this week. |
01:19:23 |
I'm sorry, babe. I got to go |
01:19:26 |
Don't worry about it. |
01:19:27 |
That ain't your job, Mud. |
01:19:29 |
Chess. |
01:19:35 |
Go on and enjoy yourself. |
01:20:27 |
Now, wake up, girl. Wake up. |
01:20:30 |
What the... What... What you... |
01:20:32 |
Come here. Stand up. |
01:20:34 |
Get up, God damn it, come on. |
01:20:36 |
- Stand up. Get up. |
01:20:39 |
- Come on, now. |
01:20:42 |
- He fucked up my hair. |
01:20:44 |
No doctors. |
01:20:46 |
Let me get Geneva then. |
01:20:49 |
All right, that's good. |
01:20:51 |
Wake up. Baby, come on, wake up. |
01:20:54 |
Wake up, come on. |
01:20:59 |
This the first time I |
01:21:03 |
Feel like I should be having |
01:21:06 |
Yeah, I'm sure marshmallows |
01:21:13 |
What happened to the furniture? |
01:21:16 |
Where's the car? |
01:21:19 |
My mama sold what didn't get repossessed. |
01:21:24 |
They gonna take my house. |
01:21:26 |
Oh, that's good. |
01:21:33 |
Come on. |
01:21:37 |
You got to put it in my name. |
01:21:41 |
You hear me? You gonna trust me? |
01:21:46 |
What? What? |
01:21:51 |
Trust me. |
01:21:53 |
Trust in me |
01:21:57 |
In all you do |
01:22:00 |
Listen. |
01:22:02 |
Listen to me. I'm gonna get you |
01:22:09 |
I'm gonna pay for it. |
01:22:12 |
It's not a loan. It's a gift. |
01:22:14 |
So, now you buying me gifts? |
01:22:16 |
Yeah, that's right. |
01:22:18 |
I must be real special. |
01:22:23 |
I must make you a lot of money. |
01:22:27 |
Yeah, that must be it. |
01:22:28 |
I ain't stupid. |
01:22:31 |
I'm your number-one bitch |
01:22:35 |
- I'm trying to take care of you. |
01:22:39 |
Who the fuck you think you talking to, |
01:22:45 |
That's off-limits. |
01:22:46 |
I don't need no man to take care of me. |
01:22:49 |
So tough. You look so fucking good. |
01:22:53 |
That's real good. Well, that's good. |
01:22:57 |
Baby, don't worry. |
01:23:00 |
Etta ain't gonna hurt you. |
01:23:04 |
That feels nice. It feel real good. |
01:23:09 |
Did Etta buy you that? I think she did. |
01:23:15 |
I think I got that |
01:23:19 |
Don't worry. |
01:23:21 |
- I'll do it for you, baby. |
01:23:25 |
Just say, "Trust in me," |
01:23:29 |
Come on, I ain't taking from you! |
01:23:33 |
God damn it, I don't know what the fuck |
01:23:37 |
- That's not us. |
01:23:41 |
What the fuck is "us"? |
01:23:45 |
A white man and a black girl? |
01:23:50 |
I been there. |
01:23:52 |
Yeah, but you ain't been here. |
01:23:59 |
I'm not your father. |
01:24:05 |
And you ain't your mother. |
01:24:10 |
And I ain't gonna hurt you. |
01:24:14 |
I got no reason to hurt you. |
01:24:20 |
You don't even know what you have. |
01:24:24 |
What do I have? |
01:24:30 |
You got a hit record. |
01:24:33 |
What? |
01:24:35 |
You're on top of the charts, baby. |
01:24:38 |
You crossed over. |
01:24:40 |
Len, I crossed over? |
01:24:42 |
I told you. |
01:25:03 |
Geneva a nurse. |
01:25:07 |
Hello, Etta. |
01:25:09 |
Hi. |
01:25:16 |
Are you sure you want Geneva to stay here |
01:25:23 |
It's not what you think. |
01:25:26 |
Oh, this is just business? |
01:25:29 |
- That's right. |
01:25:32 |
Cross over and I'll |
01:25:35 |
I bet you'd jump out |
01:25:46 |
What? |
01:25:51 |
What? |
01:25:53 |
You know how Walter call you |
01:25:55 |
because every time he step in shit, |
01:26:00 |
And then you bring him in the studio |
01:26:03 |
the sound that took him |
01:26:06 |
Any other motherfucker he'd have shot |
01:26:13 |
What you telling that little girl |
01:26:16 |
That you're gonna take care of her? |
01:26:18 |
How many strung-out |
01:26:20 |
I ain't talking about me. I'm talking |
01:26:24 |
- What if I told you I had feelings for her? |
01:26:31 |
Fine. |
01:26:32 |
I'm fucking her, I'm fucking Chuck, |
01:26:37 |
That's what you think, huh? |
01:26:40 |
Ain't that what you think, Mud? |
01:26:44 |
Well, that's what the blues is, ain't it? |
01:26:50 |
Tell Geneva I'm gone. |
01:26:58 |
They locked Chuck up |
01:27:02 |
He couldn't record a damn thing. |
01:27:04 |
- Goodbye. |
01:27:16 |
- Yeah? |
01:27:21 |
What? Somebody broke in? |
01:27:22 |
You better come and see about it. |
01:27:25 |
Yeah, I'll be right down. |
01:27:28 |
Who is this? |
01:27:31 |
Len's world was changing. |
01:27:33 |
Not only was Muddy questioning him, |
01:27:38 |
Colored folks who were told |
01:27:43 |
who was told they had a power. |
01:27:46 |
They had the right to own |
01:27:49 |
And who was this white man |
01:27:52 |
You want to fuck around back here? |
01:27:54 |
The south side of |
01:27:56 |
Everybody could feel |
01:27:58 |
Get on out of our neighborhood! |
01:28:02 |
Screaming fans went nuts again |
01:28:08 |
Presley, handsome as ever, |
01:28:12 |
Well, there you have it, |
01:28:16 |
your new king. |
01:28:17 |
I'm about to win this money, baby. |
01:28:21 |
Tough luck, boy. |
01:28:23 |
- Tough luck? |
01:28:24 |
Back up, motherfucker. |
01:28:27 |
No tough luck got this, motherfucker. |
01:28:30 |
Because this shit here |
01:28:34 |
What you gonna do, blow me to death? |
01:28:36 |
Shit. |
01:28:41 |
Walter. |
01:28:42 |
Okay. Oh, Jesus. Walter! |
01:28:47 |
Oh, God. |
01:28:49 |
You ain't come and get me, Mama. |
01:28:55 |
I've been waiting for |
01:28:58 |
I'm here. |
01:29:00 |
I found you. |
01:29:03 |
Mama loves you. Come on, stay with me. |
01:29:06 |
- I just got to rest my eyes. |
01:29:09 |
I just got to rest my eyes. |
01:29:11 |
No. No, stay with me. |
01:29:28 |
Wait a minute. |
01:29:32 |
Wait a minute. |
01:29:41 |
Last night |
01:29:44 |
I lost the best friend I ever had |
01:29:53 |
Now you've gone and left me |
01:29:57 |
That make me feel so bad |
01:30:01 |
All right. All right. |
01:30:04 |
All right. |
01:30:08 |
All right. |
01:30:11 |
Thank you. Thank you. |
01:30:25 |
All right. |
01:30:28 |
Well, we'll have to see if we can... |
01:30:33 |
If we can't get him a new suit. |
01:30:40 |
Get him one of them boxes |
01:30:46 |
Have him look slick. |
01:30:48 |
I got to use the toilet. |
01:31:18 |
- Can I get you some tea? |
01:31:22 |
You know, there's a whole line |
01:31:25 |
waiting to see if you're dead. |
01:31:28 |
Looking to see if they owe me money. |
01:31:29 |
Yeah. |
01:31:32 |
Look at that. You're the |
01:31:35 |
- Thank you. |
01:31:38 |
They're beautiful. |
01:31:41 |
You okay? |
01:31:43 |
I'm good. Thank you. |
01:31:46 |
- Mud. |
01:31:50 |
Shit. |
01:31:56 |
I know Walter was into you for a whole lot, |
01:32:00 |
- You know how he spent his money. |
01:32:06 |
Look here. |
01:32:10 |
I got $200 to my name. |
01:32:14 |
You're gonna have to help pay |
01:32:16 |
Who said I wouldn't? |
01:32:18 |
Why he got to pay for Walter's funeral? |
01:32:21 |
Is you and me talking? Walter put a lot of |
01:32:24 |
- I'm the only motherfucker making money? |
01:32:27 |
That's the man's job, make money |
01:32:30 |
- You ought to know that. |
01:32:34 |
Let's get this straight. |
01:32:36 |
I didn't say nothing |
01:32:38 |
You insinuated that with your bullshit! |
01:32:41 |
You was out with the fucking jewelry |
01:32:43 |
And you was a motherfucking saint? |
01:32:49 |
Who here is a saint? |
01:32:52 |
Who here? |
01:32:54 |
- Settle down. |
01:32:56 |
If you act like a boy, keep asking for |
01:33:00 |
Is you and me talking, motherfucker? |
01:33:02 |
I'm looking to help |
01:33:06 |
I said I'll pay for it! |
01:33:12 |
Now, it feels good not to have a daddy. |
01:33:16 |
And as much as I don't like you, |
01:33:21 |
like that, too. |
01:33:49 |
I killed Walter. |
01:33:53 |
I killed him |
01:33:59 |
I'm the motherfucker? |
01:34:04 |
I'm the motherfucker? |
01:35:07 |
It was over, |
01:35:09 |
the music, Chess Records. |
01:35:13 |
Everybody could feel it. |
01:35:16 |
Len was getting |
01:35:21 |
So, working on something |
01:35:27 |
What happened to "Trust In Me"? |
01:35:30 |
I know what you've been doing. |
01:35:32 |
- Yeah, what? |
01:35:42 |
You know, back when I started this, |
01:35:47 |
nobody'd let a black man do |
01:35:50 |
Doors weren't open. |
01:35:54 |
Now they are. |
01:35:57 |
Time to move on. |
01:35:58 |
You gonna be missing out. |
01:36:02 |
You don't think I know that? |
01:36:06 |
So, you mean to tell me, this could be |
01:36:17 |
Better make it good. |
01:36:20 |
They don't get no better. |
01:36:23 |
Y'all ready? |
01:36:46 |
Something told me |
01:36:49 |
It was over |
01:36:55 |
When I saw you and her |
01:36:58 |
Talking |
01:37:03 |
Something deep down |
01:37:06 |
In my soul said, "Cry, girl" |
01:37:10 |
- Cry, girl |
01:37:12 |
When I saw you and that girl |
01:37:16 |
Walking around |
01:37:21 |
I would rather, |
01:37:29 |
Than to see you walk away from me |
01:37:38 |
So you see, I love you so much |
01:37:42 |
That I don't want to watch you |
01:37:47 |
Most of all, I just don't |
01:37:49 |
I just don't want to be free, no |
01:37:56 |
I was just, I was just |
01:38:00 |
I was just sitting here thinking |
01:38:04 |
Of your kiss |
01:38:06 |
And your warm embrace, yeah |
01:38:13 |
When the reflection in a glass |
01:38:15 |
That I held to my lips now, baby |
01:38:21 |
Revealed these tears |
01:38:23 |
That are on my face |
01:38:30 |
And, baby |
01:38:32 |
And, baby, baby, |
01:38:39 |
Than to see you walk away |
01:38:41 |
Walk away from me, yeah |
01:38:47 |
And, baby, baby, baby |
01:38:50 |
I'd rather be blind, boy |
01:38:56 |
Than to see you walk away |
01:38:58 |
Walk away from me |
01:39:05 |
And, baby, baby, baby |
01:39:09 |
I'd rather be blind, boy |
01:39:14 |
Than to see you walk away |
01:39:16 |
Walk away from me, yeah |
01:39:42 |
Chess Records had a hold on Len. |
01:39:45 |
It just wouldn't let him leave. |
01:39:48 |
He had a heart attack |
01:39:58 |
Baby girl, I got some bad news for you. |
01:40:03 |
Chess ain't leave no will. |
01:40:05 |
That means everything that belonged |
01:40:09 |
including this here house. |
01:40:12 |
That's all right. |
01:40:15 |
This morning, |
01:40:19 |
What's that? |
01:40:21 |
It's the deed to my house. |
01:40:24 |
He said Len wanted me to have it |
01:40:27 |
That motherfucker. |
01:40:30 |
He didn't have time to leave a will, |
01:40:36 |
He loved me. |
01:40:38 |
That motherfucker. |
01:40:49 |
What do you say, Willie? |
01:40:51 |
What do you say, there? How you doing? |
01:40:53 |
I'm here. How you doing? |
01:40:54 |
Oh, I can't complain. Got some good news. |
01:40:58 |
Remember some of them English boys? |
01:41:00 |
They didn't forget about us. |
01:41:03 |
Want us to come over there and play. |
01:41:06 |
I ain't got no money to get on no plane |
01:41:08 |
You don't need no money. |
01:41:15 |
You're serious? |
01:41:16 |
We're going to England. |
01:41:25 |
I'm a little bit... |
01:41:27 |
A little bit nervous here. |
01:41:29 |
Nervous? What you nervous about? |
01:41:32 |
You've been performing your whole life. |
01:41:35 |
Yeah, but not... |
01:41:42 |
How am I supposed to know |
01:41:44 |
This is your captain speaking. |
01:41:45 |
We are now beginning our descent |
01:41:48 |
Here we go. |
01:41:57 |
Welcome to London. |
01:42:02 |
- You all right? |
01:42:14 |
- A pleasure to see you, Mr. Waters. |
01:42:24 |
They want you, Mr. Waters. They want you. |
01:42:28 |
We sued Chess Records |
01:42:31 |
And we did all right. |
01:42:33 |
Well, especially me. |
01:42:35 |
Because I wrote all those songs |
01:42:40 |
I got paid. |
01:42:42 |
And I'm still getting paid. |
01:42:44 |
I made enough money |
01:42:47 |
They were going to tear it down, |
01:42:50 |
I'm a man |
01:42:55 |
We made the kind of music |
01:42:58 |
rhythm and blues, |
01:43:02 |
Whatever you're playing, baby, |
01:43:07 |
Just sprinkle a little blues on it |
01:43:13 |
We the hoochie coochie seed. |